Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Joan, Elaine, Janice, Brent and Siblings!
I’m so sorry for your loss and have been sending Prayers, Healing and Love to all of you at this, most difficult time.
Losing a loved one that you have a truly unique connection with is heartbreaking.
I have many great memories of Bert, Anna and family. They were wonderful!!
I first met the MacDonnell family after their move to Elmsdale. They owned the gas station and small convenience store which Anna looked after. There were several cabins to the side of their main home.
I was close friends with Dorothy (Dot) and also Barbara. I spent a lot of time there when we were very young. I remember playing in the cabins and although her brothers and sisters were a few years older some of them would be around, always so loving and nice just like Bert and Anna.
Rod, being 5 years older than me, helped his father in the business. He always had a smile on his face and never once told us to get lost. He was Special, exactly what I dreamed an older brother would be.
I can remember during the summers, on a Saturday or Sunday, Dot, Barbara and I would walk to Enfield, close to where the Big Stop is today. We would stop at ENDALE, usually there would be some friends hanging out.
Special Memory was babysitting Dot and Tommy’s first born son a few times.
Death cannot diminish the important ways
Rod / Dad Touched your Life,
Grief cannot take away the Happiness you shared,
LOVE remains FOREVER!
May all your wonderful memories help bring you Strength and Peace!
Joan (Hines) Cable, Desirée, Andrea & Family
(Living in Alberta since 1988, thanks to my sister Margaret for sending me the link to Rod’s Obituary)
